Questions

372. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether his Department has set a definitive date for the formal approval of the Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh language plan; the measures being taken to ensure that the Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh language plan will be operational in parallel with the Brí Uíbh Ráthaigh (South Kerry Gaeltacht) language plan, which is scheduled to re…

373. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to detail the actual draw down of funds by successful applicants, for each year from 2019 to May 2024, and to date in 2025, under the large scale sports infrastructure funding programme, and list the projects and amounts, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28408/25]

374. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media regarding the €173 million allocated to successful applicants in the large scale sports infrastructure funding in 2024, the amount that is forecast and budgeted to be drawn down, for each year from 2025 to 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28409/25]

375. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is a deadline or timeline for the drawdown of funds awarded in the 2024 large scale sports infrastructure round of funding; if there are time-specific key performance indicators that must be met; if there is a cutoff date by which the funds must be drawn down and used; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

376. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if compliant owners of short-term lets have to pay to register with Fáilte Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28587/25]

377. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline the importance and extent of tourism and trade links between Ireland and Normandy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28760/25]

378. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to Fáilte Ireland in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [28862/25]

379. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [28863/25]

380. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the proportion of the annual tourism budget which is spent on research and development of the tourism product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28865/25]

381. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the annual spend made by his department, in terms of Tourism, for consultancy services in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [28867/25]

382. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the cost of extending the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Ancient East initiatives to the north of Ireland; whether he has held any discussions with the Minister for the Economy in the north on this topic; and if there is a timeframe for implementation. [28868/25]

383. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a breakdown of Government funding to each of the airports in the State in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28869/25]

226. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated cost of expanding the afterhours funding strand for national cultural institutions on a phased basis over five years to allow for the extension of opening hours to 10pm. [28012/25]

227. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of schools that applied for ‘creative schools’ funding in the year 2024 and to date in 2025; and the amount of funding each individual school receives. [28239/25]

228. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration will be given to continuing the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28324/25]

229. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide a timeline for when the future of the basic income for the arts pilot scheme will be decided; when a decision will be made on a successor scheme to the pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27755/25]

230. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his plans to extend the basic income for artists scheme when the pilot scheme ends in August 2025, with consideration factors expressed in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27779/25]

231. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next call for applications to the shared island fund for tourism projects will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27981/25]

232. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide the additional costs and revenue required on a matter (details supplied). [27983/25]

233. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide the costs of posts and projects (details supplied). [27991/25]

349. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on whether it is appropriate that the CEO of Fáilte Ireland preside over Bord Fáilte giving contracts to subsidiaries of two organisations (details supplied) given the CEO is a board-member of one of the organisations; the steps he will take in relation to this conflict of interest; and if he will make a…

350. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Dep…

351. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and t…

352. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur a…

353. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what actions have been taken to fill vacant language planning officer roles in Tory and Arranmore island; if a date will be provided for when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27415/25]